Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Randolph’s library runs 598 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Randolph Public Library serves Randolph’s 244 residents. Last year it lent 1,391 print books and media and logged 3,224 visits.
The short version on Randolph’s library
Ten times the programs of a typical library its size
Randolph Public Library ran 146 programs last year, about 3 a week. That’s 598 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 1,691 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Randolph Public Library serves 244 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
People come to Randolph Public Library a lot
Randolph Public Library logs 13 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 94% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 5.7 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Open only about 21 hours a week
Randolph Public Library keeps short hours: about 21 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Randolph’s civic life grade
Randolph isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Randolph Public Library serves 244 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,391 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 7,411 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
Find it
Randolph Public Library, 106 S Main, Randolph.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.29 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Randolph cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $17K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $40K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $17K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 89 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Randolph Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Randolph
Does Randolph have a public library?
Yes. Randolph Public Library, 106 S Main, serves Randolph’s 244 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Randolph Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Randolph’s library?
It logged 13.2 visits and lent 5.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Randolph’s civic life grade?
Randolph isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Randolph.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.